San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-12-01
DISCRIMINATION.
The Wholesale Merchants of San
Antonio Defending their Leglti-
mate Trade.

Inc wholesale merchants OF San
Antonio Defending their Leglti-
mate Trade.
The proposed revision OF the Southern
Pacific rates giving advantage to
traders, in Galveston and New Orleans
and discriminating against San Antonio
has created much excitement in the city,
inasmuch as 1t Is likely to work serious
injury to the commerce of the city. Yes
terday the Citizens association took
notice Of the action and requested Mr..
G. G. Gibbs to stay action until the mat
tiers could be placed properly before the
railroad authorities, for reconsideration.
Then the following circular was Issued
To all Interested:
Tee Southern Pacific company is about to
issue q tariI, reducing freight rates rom all
points in the United States reached by them
ard their connections to points on their line
west of San AntOnion TO Lgures only Il frRC.
ton above the present rates in erect to San
Antonio proper to points west of this place
are to he reduced only about TO 10 per cent,
placing San Antonio at a cideddisadvantage
IN competition for business in the territory
tributary to her with Galveston, Houston,
New Orleans, New York, St. Louis and other
eastern and western trading pOiuts-in fact
to such aud extent that IL must result in San
Antonio almost wholly losing the trade of
that sect on, which ii must be admitted is at
present Grnishing 20 per cent Of the business
done here. Believing that there exists a
great necessity for Ia King steps to have the
Interests of san Antonio protected in this
matter, and IL being one of the objects of our
Association to advance The interests and well
fare of our city commercially and otherwise,
we wOud urgently request you to be present
at meeting % lake place at the Texas Ma
bank today, AT I p. IN, t. discuss and adopt
measures 20 project the commercial interests
of our city. Very respectfully,
j. :. ALEXANDER, Vice President.
l.. NJ. GREGORY, secretary.
In pursuance TO this call, many promi-
nent merchants assembled at the time
named, and Charles Hugo was elected
president, and William Weiss secretary
After some discussion, the following
resolution was passed:
BE II resolved by the undersigned wholesale
merchants doing business in San Antonio,
that In consideration of the contemplated re-
ductOn in the through rates from a points in
the Unit ID States to and including a points
on the Southern Pacific railroad between San
Antonio and Eagle Pass, that we, the said
merchants of Sen Antonio, will pledge our
support to the Southern Pacific company, in
consideration of the through rate being made
San Antonio west to Eagle Pass being made
slightly greater than the proportion of the
through rate, thereby enabling us to compete
for the business in this territory with points
in and out of the state. II the Southern PaCi-
hc company will entertain this proposition we
will pledge ourselves to give to their line such
proportion of the business brought into san
Antonio by us or any of us as their facilities
for handlin" such business entitle them to.
These resolutions signed by the Drin-
cipsl wholesale firms In the city, have
been forwarded to Mr.. &. &. Gibbs for
the action OF his company.